CIVIL WAR M1858 SMOOTHSIDE CANTEEN W/ COVER SLING

U.S. Model 1858 Smoothside Canteen. This canteen is complete, still having the original hand-sewn blue wool cover and sling. It is complete with no damage. These canteens were carried throughout the war and issued to Union troops. Often seen in period photographs, Confederates favored the Union canteens over their own and they would always gather them up when the circumstances presented it. This is a very nice example and obviously not a surplus piece but saw use during the Civil War. It is becoming very difficult to find these canteens with their covers still intact.